Chapter 20 - Was It Luck? (1/2)
To explore the unknown lake, a lantern wasn't enough. One must prepare a diving suit and an explosive.
”What do you want from us?” said a red haired woman with a pair of antlers on her head. An Aekha—they are excellent in mana assimilation, but an anti-mana cuff was enough to restrain her from doing anything aggressive as they didn't have enough physical prowess to break it like how MF did.
”A mere sheep wouldn't understand what the shepherd says.” Foel said as she scanned the outside of the concealment dome. She tinkered with a catalyst for the barrier before giving a glance to the two prisoners she caught. ”How long have you been together with that man?”
The other prisoner was a fair dragonoid with two pairs of striking horns on her head. Merely giving a shuddering look to her warden.
”A mere sheep wouldn't understand what the shepherd says.” The Aekha smirked. ”If you don't talk, then we won't.”
”It doesn't matter whether you spit out the water or not.” The tanomobi took out a giant claymore from her pocket space. The hunk of the enchanted metal was as heavy as a whole house yet Foel carries it like a butter knife. ”I'm the dealer, you're the haggler. If you want to be freed then you need something more enticing than the information I asked you.”
Sura clicked her tongue. ”His name is Elon, my friend. Just a normal person trying his best to have a pleasant life.”
”No normal person could suck out an entire gambling economy in the matter of hours.” Foel glanced at the dragonoid girl. ”How about you? Staying silent doesn't mean you're safe when the beast is in your face. If I'm one, I would have mauled you to death with that sunken face so disgustingly aggravating it makes me want to slice it off.”
Lilia's face began to shrivel as the fang-baring glare turned into a meek crybaby. She tried to hold back her tears but the dam of her mental fortitude was not enough.
”There was a huge raid of 7,600 Calamities rushing to the Gaia Citadel. Both of you will be safe here, if that is what you wanted.”
”You're a devil! So you must be the mastermind of the raid!”
The tanomobi slowly shifted the direction she was facing, glaring back with her dead glare. ”If you think I'm a devil, then you're not ready to meet a real one.”
Foel walked away uncaring, leaving the two pitiful girls within the concealed dome as she was met with the stampede of Calamities passing by, ignoring her as if she was one of them.
MF had already modified Foel's body to withstand an enormous amount of 'void' enough for Foel to join the ranks of monstrosity looming in this very world. Because of Foel's mana-cultivation law, she was able to hide the 'void' from others, seemingly making her a jester for both sides of the spectrum.
”Hmm? I sense a cultivator nearby.”